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Scarce Danish language first edition of Piercy's novel about 1960's American revolutionaries, set in the 1980's. 478pp.
Scarce Danish language first edition of Piercy's novel about 1960's American revolutionaries, set in the 1980's. 478pp.
Lovely hardcover, signed edition of this collaborative work about a black family living in a white Boston neighborhood during the introduction of bussing.
Stories selected by Pritchett from five collections.
Proof copy of this novel from the Pulitzer-prize winner, set in the "pandhandles of Texas and Oklahoma."
First edition with the six watercolors by artist William Matthews.
A novella, privately printed and sent by "some psychic impulse" of the author to Edith Sitwell, who liked it extremely. Purdy's second published work.
Pristine hardcover review copy of Purdy's final novel. 182pp
A handsome signed copy of this novel by the Canadian writer.
Translated from the French by Gerard Hopkins.
First English translation of this collection of Mexican-Revolution-themed stories by the influential author – cited as an influence by Gabriel Garcia Marquez – which was originally published in 1953 as EL LLANO EN LLAMAS.
A comprehensive anthology of Sarton, published at the end of her long career.
Anthology of 18 writers selected from contributors to the Watts Writers' Workshop, including Harry Dolan, Leumas Sirrah, Harley Mims, and James Thomas Jackson. Edited by Schulberg, screenwriter and founder of the Workshop.
The author's first book, a collection of his short stories with Caribbean settings.
Winner of the 1998 Minnesota Voices Project. A collection of Midwestern-themed stories.
A novel from this Irish author, iin a handsome edition.
Uncommon first edition under Smith's original title, which led to threats of lawsuits from Pynchon and the eventual retitling of the book ("Pictures Showing What Happens on Each Page of Thomas Pynchon's Novel Gravity's Rainbow") in subsequent printings and editions. The hardcover issue is especially scarce.
First US edition (with cancel title tipped into UK sheets).
Spence's second novel, uncommon in jacket.
First printing profusely illustrated with photograph reproductions from a 1941 film of the same name. 143pp. [Goldstone and Payne A14a]
First UK edition of this late Steinbeck novel.
Interwoven stories of America's westward expansion. Features a charming bookplate by Rockwell Kent.
Collection of prose pieces from the Pulitzer Prize winner.
A largely autobiographical novel by the Army Signal Corps Lieutenant.
A nice copy of Ullmann's first novel.
A mid-career novel from Vidal, a satire on religion in America.